CONTAMINATION CONTROL FOR LIQUID HANDLING
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3409368A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-05

    申请号:EP18183732.9

    申请日:2010-05-17

    IPC分类号: B01L9/06 G01N35/10 G01N35/00

    摘要: There is disclosed a method for reading machine-readable labels disposed on receptacles carried on a receptacle rack and associating receptacle data read from each machine-readable label disposed on at least one of the receptacles with a rack-receiving location, said method comprising: (a) providing an apparatus comprising a plurality of rack-receiving locations, each configured to receive a rack holding at least one receptacle, and a label reading device configured to read a rack-identifying machine-readable label disposed on the rack and machine-readable labels disposed on the at least one receptacle held on the rack, wherein the label reading device is disposed adjacent to one of the rack-receiving locations; (b) placing a rack holding at least one receptacle having a machine readable label disposed thereon in the rack-receiving location of the apparatus; (c) during or after performing step (b), reading the machine-readable label of each receptacle having a machine-readable label to obtain receptacle data for each receptacle having a machine-readable label; (d) during or after performing step (b), reading the rack-identifying machine readable label to obtain rack identifying data; (e) storing the receptacle data obtained in step (c) and the rack identifying data obtained in step (d) and associating the receptacle data obtained in step (c) with the rack identifying data obtained in step (d); (f) removing the rack from the rack-receiving location disposed adjacent to the label-reading device; (g) placing the rack removed in step (f) in one of the other rack-receiving locations; (h) during or after performing step (g), reading the rack-identifying machine readable label to obtain rack identifying data; (i) acquiring location data identifying the rack-receiving location in which the rack was placed in step (g); and (j) retrieving the receptacle data stored in step (e) that is associated with the rack-identifying data obtained in step (h) and associating the retrieved receptacle data with the location data acquired in step (i) to thereby associate the retrieved receptacle data with the rack-receiving location in which the rack was placed in step (g).

    CONTAMINATION CONTROL FOR LIQUID HANDLING
    3.
    发明公开
    CONTAMINATION CONTROL FOR LIQUID HANDLING 有权
    KONTROLLE DER KONTAMINATION BEI DER HANDHABUNG VONFLÜSSIGKEITEN

    公开(公告)号:EP2429709A2

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-21

    申请号:EP10733062.3

    申请日:2010-05-17

    IPC分类号: B01L9/06

    摘要: A structure for holding sample-containing receptacles includes a cover with holes formed therein through which the receptacles can be accessed with a substance transfer mechanism, such as a robotic pipettor. When the transfer mechanism is inserted into and then withdrawn from a receptacle, a string of viscous material may be suspended from the mechanism. A viscous string removal element adjacent each opening engages the string of viscous material and dislodges the string from the mechanism when the mechanism moves in a prescribed path with respect to the removal element. A sample rack configured to hold receptacles and to be inserted into the structure below the cover includes a sample rack having receptacle-receiving pockets, each with a resilient element and a positioning feature for holding receptacles of varying sizes in a predetermined position within the receptacle receiving pocket, and a cover including features for preventing a receptacle from being pulled out of its receptacle-receiving pocket when the transfer mechanism is withdrawn from the receptacle.

    摘要翻译: 用于保持含有样品的容器的结构包括其中形成有孔的盖,通过该盖可以用诸如机器人移液器的物质转移机构接近容器。 当传送机构插入到容器中然后从容器中取出时,一串粘性材料可以悬挂在机构上。 邻近每个开口的粘性排除元件与粘性材料串接合,并且当机构相对于去除元件以规定的路径移动时,将串从机构中移出。 配置成保持插座并插入到盖下方的结构中的样品架包括具有插座容纳凹部的样品架,每个具有弹性元件和用于在插座接收中的预定位置保持不同尺寸的容器的定位特征 口袋和盖子,其包括当传送机构从容器中取出时用于防止插座从其插座接收袋中被拉出的特征。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING TRANSFER OF REACTION RECEPTACLES IN AN INSTRUMENT FOR MULTI-STEP ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES
    4.
    发明公开
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING TRANSFER OF REACTION RECEPTACLES IN AN INSTRUMENT FOR MULTI-STEP ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES 审中-公开
    在多步骤分析程序中用于影响仪器中反应受体转移的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:EP3229029A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-11

    申请号:EP17166326.3

    申请日:2010-05-17

    IPC分类号: G01N35/04

    摘要: There is described an apparatus for transferring one or more receptacles between a plurality of receptacle-receiving structures, one or more of the receptacle receiving structures including a receptacle transfer portal through which a receptacle is placed into or removed from the receptacle-receiving structure and a door disposed over the receptacle transfer portal, said apparatus comprising: a receptacle carriage adapted to carry a receptacle and to selectively stop at a transfer position with respect to any of the receptacle-receiving structures, and wherein said receptacle carriage includes a receptacle moving mechanism adapted to move a receptacle with respect to said receptacle carriage to move a receptacle into said receptacle carriage, move a receptacle out of said receptacle carriage, or alternately move a receptacle into and out of said receptacle carriage, wherein a portion of said receptacle carriage is adapted to engage a door of a receptacle-receiving structure and to open the door upon performance of a predetermined movement of said receptacle carriage with respect to the receptacle-receiving structure; and a carriage positioning system adapted to automatically position said receptacle carriage so that a portion of said receptacle carriage engages a door of a selected one of the receptacle-receiving structures and to effect the predetermined movement of said receptacle carriage to open the door.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种用于在多个容器接收结构之间传送一个或多个容器的设备,包括容器传送入口的一个或多个容器接收结构,通过该容器传送入口将容器放入或移出容器容纳结构, 所述设备包括:适于承载容器并且可选择地在相对于任何容器接收结构的转移位置处停止的容器滑架,并且其中所述容器滑架包括容器移动机构,所述容器移动机构适配于所述容器移动机构, 相对于所述容器托架移动容器以将容器移动到所述容器托架中,将容器移出所述容器托架,或者交替地移动容器进出所述容器托架,其中适配所述容器托架的一部分 与容器接收结构的门啮合并打开 在执行所述容器托架相对于所述容器接收结构的预定移动时所述门; 以及滑架定位系统,其适于自动定位所述容器滑架,使得所述容器滑架的一部分与选定的一个容器容纳结构的门啮合,并实现所述容器滑架的预定运动以打开门。

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR READING MACHINE-READABLE LABELS ON SAMPLE RECEPTACLES

    公开(公告)号:EP4235188A2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-30

    申请号:EP23172500.3

    申请日:2016-04-06

    IPC分类号: G01N35/04

    摘要: There is provided a a method of reading machine-readable labels on sample receptacles, comprising: moving, between a first position and a second position along a first lane in a housing, a first sample rack configured to hold a first plurality of sample receptacles each having a machine-readable label; moving a camera to focus the camera at a point along the first lane; reading the machine-readable label of each sample receptacle of the first plurality of sample receptacles of the first sample rack as the first sample rack moves from the first position to the second position; moving, between a first position and a second position along a second first lane different than the first lane in the housing, a second sample rack configured to hold a second plurality of sample receptacles each having a machine-readable label; and moving the camera to focus the camera at a point along the second lane; and reading the machine-readable label of each sample receptacle of the second plurality of sample receptacles of the second sample rack as the second sample rack moves from the first position to the second position.